From the driveline vibration video yesterday it seemed like there was excessive play up front. So today I took a video to check the motor mounts. I popped it in gear and held the brakes and revved the motor up a few times. Then I popped it into reverse and did the same thing. The [...]
Entries from November 2009
Checking Motor Mounts
November 26th, 2009 · No Comments
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Checking the Driveshaft
November 25th, 2009 · No Comments
There is an odd vibration happening when the car shifts from first to second – at the bottom of second there is some pretty intense vibration that goes away as the RPM increases. The guy who sold me the car said it has a bad u-joint. So I jacked up the rear of [...]
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Slow Sunday Drive
November 25th, 2009 · No Comments
Today my Thanksgiving vacation officially starts! I took the Dart for a slow cruise around the neighborhood. Nothing seems amiss – the wheels stayed on!
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Front End Greased and Tightened Up
November 25th, 2009 · No Comments
I just finished greasing up the ball joints (had to put together the grease gun, etc). And I also tightened all the castle nuts and put the cotter pins in them. I had to use a washer on one of the ball joint castle nuts – tightening it made the nut go way [...]
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R1A Block Pictures
November 23rd, 2009 · No Comments
Ryan Johnson over at Shady Dell Speed Shop just took some pictures of the R1A block I bought. Here they are:
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Front End Back Together!
November 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
I put the front end back together. Tomorrow morning I will put on the wheels and gently lower the car back to the ground and see if she’ll stand on her own 4 feet again. At that point I will super-tighten everything up. Then it is off to the store to get [...]
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